British submarine question?

I'm goin' down · 06-02-11, 09:07 AM

is there a career playable british submarine that can be used in the OM uboat game? I want to go after the Bismark.

JU_88 · 06-02-11, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by I'm goin' down

is there a career playable british submarine that can be used in the OM uboat game? I want to go after the Bismark.

Yes both U-Class and T-class boats are avaliable, but as far as I know, only Med and Pacific theatres.
I think the North sea campaign is WIP at the moment, so if anything you might get a chance to sink Tirpitz in one of her well protected Fjords

The main British ocean going submarine, (the T-class) could only manage about 14 knots surfaced, good luck catching the Bismark in that thing

British Submariners rarely ventured out deep in to the atlantic since there was nothing much for them to do there. The only Axis targets offered by the Atlantic would be Uboats and the very occasional commerce raider or supply ship. Coastal Command and the Royal Navy surface fleet were better equipped for tackling these kinds of units.
So the RN subs were mostly kept busy in Malta and the North sea bases where there was plenty of axis supply lines for them to hunt down.

Your best bet is maybe this: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=141631

I'm goin' down · 06-02-11, 11:02 PM

The Royal Naval Mod does not list a submarine. I think that mod will be part of the Surface Warfare Mod when that mod hits the street. I may be out of luck because a British sub would have to be modded into OM and would have to start out in either in an allied port or in open ocean. If OM is not utilized, I doubt whether the course taken by the Bismark will be input into the mod used. In OM, I am pretty confident that lurker tired insert the Bismark along the route that it sailed, along with the British Naval ships that engaged it.. If anyone has any ideas, post away.

JU_88 · 06-03-11, 03:49 AM

I meant that the RN mod would let you hunt the Bismark (just not with a submarine)
Remember I saw the Bismark/Hood battle in an Sh3 patrol once, completely by accident, I wasn't close enough to attack any British Capitals and I could not intercept due to my lack of speed.

06-02-11, 09:07 AM	#1
I'm goin' down Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Notify command we have entered the Grass Sea Posts: 2,822 Downloads: 813 Uploads: 0	British submarine question? is there a career playable british submarine that can be used in the OM uboat game? I want to go after the Bismark.

06-02-11, 11:02 PM	#3
I'm goin' down Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Notify command we have entered the Grass Sea Posts: 2,822 Downloads: 813 Uploads: 0	The Royal Naval Mod does not list a submarine. I think that mod will be part of the Surface Warfare Mod when that mod hits the street. I may be out of luck because a British sub would have to be modded into OM and would have to start out in either in an allied port or in open ocean. If OM is not utilized, I doubt whether the course taken by the Bismark will be input into the mod used. In OM, I am pretty confident that lurker tired insert the Bismark along the route that it sailed, along with the British Naval ships that engaged it.. If anyone has any ideas, post away. Last edited by I'm goin' down; 06-03-11 at 01:47 AM.

06-03-11, 03:49 AM	#4
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,727 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	I meant that the RN mod would let you hunt the Bismark (just not with a submarine) Remember I saw the Bismark/Hood battle in an Sh3 patrol once, completely by accident, I wasn't close enough to attack any British Capitals and I could not intercept due to my lack of speed.